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Foreign Minister: Coronavirus situation stable, Bulgaria one of safest tourist destinations

June 11, 2020June 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The situation in Bulgaria in connection with the spread of the coronavirus is stable and the country is currently one

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria had second-highest road fatality rate in EU in 2019 – European Commission

June 11, 2020June 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria had the second-highest road fatality rate in the European Union in 2019, the European Commission said on June 11.

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Bulgaria’s rate of passenger car ownership dropped slightly – Eurostat

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The rate of passenger car ownership in Bulgaria in 2018 was 396 per 1000 inhabitants, down from the peak of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s exports in April 2020 dropped close to 20% y/y

June 11, 2020June 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s exports in April 2020 added up to 3.7 billion leva, a decrease of 19.5 per cent compared with April

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Bulgaria 

Active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria climb for fifth day, to 1162

June 11, 2020June 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria rose for the fifth consecutive day on June 11, to a

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Bulgaria 

New system enables checking motorists for unpaid traffic fines at Bulgaria’s borders

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

A new system that enables checking motorists for unpaid traffic fines has been installed at Bulgaria’s Kalotina checkpoint at the

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Bulgaria 

Health Minister: Bulgaria to extend ban on entry of non-EU nationals

June 10, 2020June 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria is to extend its temporary ban on the entry to the country of non-EU nationals, Health Minister Kiril Ananiev

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Mayor of Bulgaria’s Nova Zagora orders town disinfected after 10 new cases

June 10, 2020June 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The mayor of Bulgaria’s Nova Zagora said on June 10 that the town’s streets and neighbourhoods would be disinfected following

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Thracian pit sanctuary found in Bulgaria’s Bourgas

June 10, 2020June 15, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Bourgas

A Thracian pit sanctuary estimated to date from the fifth to the fourth century BCE has been found by archaeologists

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